TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to present a new approach to the study of the future.Design/methodology/approach–The paper describes six foundational concepts (the used future, the disowned future, alternative futures, alignment, models of social change, and uses of the future), six questions (will, fear, missing, alternatives, wish, and next steps as related to the future) and six pillars (mapping, anticipating, timing, deepening, creating alternatives, and transforming), giving examples and case studies where appropriate.Findings–In an increasingly complex and heterogeneous world, futures studies can help people to recover their agency, and help them to create the world in which they wish to live.Originality/value–The paper integrates and builds on a variety of futures studies' concepts, ways of thinking and techniques and integrates them into a new approach.
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
SN  - 1463-6689
DO  - 10.1108/14636680810855991
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/14636680810855991
AU  - Inayatullah Sohail
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - Six pillars: futures thinking for transforming
T2  - Foresight
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 4
EP  - 21
Y2  - 2024/05/14
ER  -